Paper file and punch.



No. 878,320. PIATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

G. SPIR-O. PAPER FILE AND PUNCH.

APPLICATION FILED snnnzo. 1907.

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CHARLES SPIRO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER FILE AND PUNCH.

No. 878,320. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20,1907. Serial No. 393.863.

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Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Surrounding this Be it known that I, CHARLES SPIRO, citipunch is a washer or packing 12 of elastic zen of the United States, residing at New material such as rubber which acts as a York, county of New York, and State of New j stripper to remove the punched material York, have invented certain new and useful 5 therefrom. Improvements in Paper Files and Punches, I For the purpose of retaining the punching of which the following is a specification, plate normally in contact with its punches, reference being had therein to the accomand the transfer wires in engagement with panying drawing. 1 the impaling pins a flat spring 13 is secured This invention relates to a paper file and l to the upper face of the punch plate and expunch, and particularly to a construction tends beneath the rock shaft which has a embodying impaling pins and transfer wires. seat or recess with a flattened face 1 1 formed The invention has for an object to provide thereon to receive the end of the spring. a novel and improved construction and ar-' i For the purpose of determining the disrangement of the transfer wires to permit tance from the edge of the paper at which a pivotal movement thereof under tension, the holes shall be punched, the base plate is and also to mount a punch plate and retain provided with an adjustable graduated bar it under tension. 16 slidably mounted thereon and retained in Other and further objects and advantages position by a seat in one face of the lugs 7, of the invention will be hereinafter set forth I and overlapping lugs 17 at the opposite side and the novel features thereof defined by the l thereof. This bar or plate is provided at one appended claims. end with an upturned gage portion 18 against In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective which the edge of the paper to be punched is of the invention mounted upon a file board brought into contact, while the opposite end for use; Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; Fig. 3 is a of the bar may be provided with a laterally vertical section on the line 33 Fig. 2 Fig. 4 disposed portion 21 to prevent the accidental is an enlarged detail section of the punch and removal of the bar from the base plate. This plate, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the adprovides a construction wherein the adjustjusting gage mounted upon the file board. able gage bar is contained in the same struc- Like numerals refer to like parts in the ture with the file and punch and in definite several views of the drawing.

The numeral 1 designates the base plate which may be of any desired size or configuration and is provided with fixed impaling pins 2 of any ordinary construction mounted at the. front of the plate, as shown at 3. These pins cooperate with the curved trans- I fer wires 4 which are provided at their free ends with beveled contacts 5 as is usual in i this art. The opposite ends of the transfer wires are mounted in a rock shaft 6 which is pivoted in lugs 7 disposed at opposite sides of the base 1 so that the transfer wires may oscillate, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The punch plate 8 is provided with pivoting lugs 9 at one end thereof mounted to travel on the rock shaft 6, and the opposite f l l l l relation to these parts.

l to extend the distance from the edge of the paper at which the punched holes are formed, and this may be accomplished by a gage 27 adjustably mounted to slide in a slot 26 formed on the file board 15, the edge of such slot being graduated, as shown at 28.

This gage 17 may be adjustably held in position by any desired means, for instance, by

means of the screw 19 extending through slot 26 and provided with the bearing washer 20 between its head and the under face of the file board, as shown in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing it will be seen that this invention presents a simple, very efficient and economical construction embodying in one device a file and punch in which both of these parts are held under the desired ten sion, and either may be used without the other. The combination of the gage with this file provides means by which the punch may be used alone for punching holes in papers for permanent filing purposes at predetermined distances from the edge thereof,

end of this plate is provided with the handle hanger extension 9 suitably apertured to permit the suspension of the file therefrom in any desired manner. At the opposite sides of this end of the punch plate the apertured punching extensions 10 are formed each being adapted to cooperate with a punch 11 disposed in alinement therewith Under some conditions it may be desirable while the punch properly spaces the holes from each other for alinement with the impaling pins carried at the opposite end of the structure. Both the punch and pins being mounted upon a common center provides economy in space and material and the use of a single tension device for both of these parts.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a paper file, a base provided with 1 impaling pins, pivoting lugs provided upon said body, a rock shaft mounted in said lugs and carrying transfer wires, a punch plate extended in an opposite direction to said wires and having lugs pivoted to said shaft, and unitary means for holding said shaft and plate under tension.

2. In a paper file, a base provided with impaling pins, pivoting lugs provided upon said base, a rock shaft mounted in said lugs and carrying transfer Wires, means for holding said shaft under tension, a punch plate pivotally mounted upon said rock shaft, and a punch upon said base to cooperate with said plate.

3. In a paper file, a base provided with impaling pins at one end and punches at the opposite end, pivoting lugs provided upon said base, a rock shaft. mounted in said lugs and carrying transfer wires, means for holding said shaft under tension, a punch plate pivotally mounted upon said shaft, to cooperate with said punches.

4. In a paper file, a base provided with impaling pins, pivoting lugs carried by said base, a rock shaft mounted in said lugs, transfer wires carried by said shaft, a punch plate pivoted upon the rock shaft, and a tension spring carried by punch plate and bear- 1 ing in contact with a retaining face upon said rock shaft.

5. In a paper file, a base provided with impaling pins, pivoting lugs carried by said base, a rock shaft mounted in said lugs, transfer wires carried by said rock shaft, a punch plate pivoted upon the rock shaft, and a flat tension spring secured at one end to said punch plate and disposed at its opposite end in contact with an angular face upon said rock shaft.

6. In a paper file, the combination with impaling pins and transfer wires, of a file board provided with a laterally extending graduated slot therein, an adjustable gage mounted to travel in said slot, and a punch mechanism disposed at one end of said slot.

7. A paper file comprising a base having impaling pins at one end and punches at the opposite end thereof, a rock shaft pivotally mounted upon the base and provided with transfer wires to engage said pins, a punch plate pivoted upon said rock shaft, and a slidably mounted gage bar disposed beneath said plate parallel to said rock shaft.

8. A paper file comprising a base having impaling pins and punches thereon, transfer wires to engage said pins, pivoting lugs for said transfer Wires, a punch plate mounted to cooperate with said punches, a graduated in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SPIRO.

Witnesses:

FRANK R. SI-IORLIN, HARRY KoPLrK.

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